During our whole Insead experience Omar and I shared apartments and a house with others. It felt almost weird to go back to living in an apartment with just the two of us :) But we managed. I started this post with a picture of a present that Omar gave me to fix that. No idea what it is. if anyone knows, please tell me, for now I have named it "My Japanese Green Pea."
Life is almost the same as it was in the Netherlands. I get up early to practice jogging (I am now able to run 2 km every morning), take a shower, have breakfast and wake up Omar before I leave for work. I go downstairs where the doorman is waiting (this is definitely different from the Netherlands) and I walk to my work which is only 2 blocks away (I can actually see it from the balcony on the 34rd floor)
During lunch Omar and I sometimes meet up, depending on whether he is in the apartment or at Insead. There are several nice places where you can have lunch in Robinson Rd. We usually end up eating a sandwich after which I return to work. At 6 I walk homewards. We then have to decide where to eat. Having Lau Pah Sat (hawkerstalls) next to us is great and we are loyal clients of some of the Indian shops there. But other times we go to the Soupspoon, or to one of the malls. Or, we stay at home and Omar cooks himself a meal. I really think that he is the only Dutch person living in Singapore who actually enjoys buying potatoes, vegetables and minced meat to make himself a nice stamppot with meatballs and gravy. On the other hand he also enjoys to improvise an Asian meal, or to make something complicated as well.
It is nice living here. We share the condo with approx 20 other people and 25 or 30 guards, a truckload of cleaners, 2 doormen and on average 10 estate agents who almost live here. The housing market is very competitive and the agents have to work hard. We frequently see Jen, our agent, when we get back during the week at 11pm or on Sunday when we go out for dinner at 8 pm. Some of them are like hungry vultures, sorry for saying. When you come home and you step into the lounge one or two of them will very often ask you whether you live here and if yes, how much do you pay and they will give you a salespitch and their cards for in case you are interested.
Bon, enough for a day. I need to get some sleep as well. Tomorrow Friday again, time flies.
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